From the recording What Brings You Here
Lyrics
Burn And The Proof
Verse 1:
I found myself reaching a little too far
It’s just a bottle after all.
I could've let I fall
But that crashing glass might wake all those empty ghosts
Raise their heads up off the table
As I'm grasping for the label
Prechorus:
So when I asked her for my next pour
I got an empty glass and a whole lot more
Chorus:
And she asks me,
"What brings you here, my friend?
Did you catch her with another man?
Did you lose your job, your house, your plans?
What brings you here, my friend?
Is your pain like an empty pocket?
If you think drowning is gonna stop it? Think again."
But what she didn't know, had no clue
I was looking for the burn and the proof
Verse 2:
So I made a deal with a demon that night for my next drink
Told her whatever came to mind
But the truth wasn't far behind
I was a man I would never admit to, let even want to know
Laid to waste more than I can count
And couldn't find a way to turn it around
Prechorus:
She gave me a look I didn't expect
It wasn't sympathy but more direct
Chorus:
And she says,
"What brings you here, my friend
Brings the doctor who's done all he can
And the lawyer who lost the innocent man
What brings you here, my friend
Can't be cured from inside these places
Well at least they don't have to face it for a while."
And I feel like I fit in under this roof
When I'm looking for the burn and the proof
Solo
Bridge:
I noticed her and a baby boy
In some pictures behind the bar
When I asked her his name she couldn't speak
But touched a tattoo on her arm
Chorus:
"What brings you here, my friend
Brings a mother who's lost her love
Who still cries at night for just one more hug
What brings you here my friend
Is not the beginning of the end
You'll make your own way, if you don't pretend.”
And I thought it through and saw the truth
Because she certainly was the burn and the proof